The U.S.-based Produce Marketing Association has decided it will be unable to put on Fresh Summit 2021 scheduled for October 28-30 in New Orleans, Louisiana, due to the impacts of Hurricane Ida and Tropical Storm Nicholas.

BASF Canada Agricultural Solutions has received registration from Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA)

Kevin MacIsaac is retiring this fall, precisely a decade after he started with the United Potato Growers of Canada (UPGC).

Croptracker, headquartered in Kingston, Ontario, will expand its Harvest Quality Vision (HQV) system with new crop load and defect detection tools. 

The Horiver Wet sticky trap is designed specifically for monitoring of adult aphids, whitefly, thrips, Tuta absoluta, fruit flies and sciarids.

The Robot can detect the fruits and sense which tomatoes are ready for harvesting.

This investment follows $10M in public funding from the Canadian government and an earlier infusion of $2.5M from existing investors.  

The Vineland Research and Innovation Centre has released a drone perspective of its sprawling 218 acres.

SEF, a leader in premier greenhouse fabrication with more than 20 years of horticulture experience, is teaming up with AI powerhouse Robovision to develop advanced robotics and algorithmic software.

Long-time radio news director, Greg Morrow, is the new agriculture minister for Nova Scotia.